After they let the six people go, the barrier around the villa vanished, and the smoke dispersed.
Katelyle studied the information Katevis had compiled and pondered it for a long time.
The Veiled Organization was planning something big.
But from the information before him, Katelyle could not tell exactly what it was plotting.
The only thing he could discern was that the Veiled Organization had been recruiting talented people behind the scenes, carrying out secret assassinations, and so on.
For now, then, the Veiled Organization struck Katelyle as an organization of assassins.
However, the magical organizations of the United Kingdom and the United States operated under two different systems. Despite their apparently friendly relations and exchanges, their covert rivalry had never stopped.
For instance, British wizards who went to American territory would receive special treatment from American wizards. If it did not happen openly, it would happen behind the scenes.
Katelyle had once spent some time in the United States. Though his stay had been short, he had learned that they kept a close watch on any wizard who had not registered there. Something considered perfectly normal when done by an American wizard became dangerous and troublesome the moment a foreign wizard did it.
"Vis, keep a closer eye on the intelligence." Katelyle gathered up the documents and put them away, then left the study and went to the hall, where Katevis was already waiting.
"Yes, Master!" Katevis replied, bowing slightly and nodding.
Katelyle stepped into the fireplace and used Floo Powder to return to his small house at Hogwarts.
After emerging from the fireplace, Katelyle made himself a cup of coffee to perk himself up a little, then headed out.
The sky was gray, but the morning sun had already risen, bathing the buildings of Hogwarts in a dazzling